Citizens for Justice and Peace
Protest against cop for `stripping’ Dalit family
10-Oct-2015
Oct 10 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Vandana Keelor Greater Noida: A day after a video showing a Dalit family, allegedly stripped by a cop in Dankaur for complaining against “police inaction“, went viral, protests flared on Friday as other people joined relatives of the family to demand justice. While the state government…
Protesters clash with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri over alleged cow slaughter
10-Oct-2015
Oct 10, 2015 | • PTI • Mainpuri People in Nagaria village set police jeeps on fire and damaged several other vehicles Mainpuri: Two people were arrested on Friday night after protesters clashed with the police in Karhal area in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri following rumour of cow slaughter. People in Nagaria village set police jeeps…
Dalit girl’s death turns out to be honour killing
10-Oct-2015
Victim was strangled to death by brother in mother’s presence dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Ahmedabad: The body of a 17-year-old dalit girl was found under a bridge at Madhapar cross road in Rajkot city, on September 13. The police had earlier suspected it to be a case of murder, but on Friday the case took an…
Three receive burn injuries in petrol bomb attack in Udhampur
10-Oct-2015
Udhampur (JK), October 10, 2015 Three persons, including a policeman, received burn injuries when a Kashmir bound truck was attacked with a petrol bomb in this district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Three persons including a policeman, co driver and conductor received burn injuries when an unknown man first broke the front glass of the truck…
Police accused of killing innocent tribal farmer in Dantewada
10-Oct-2015
Pavan Dahat RAIPUR, October 10, 2015 Body forcibly cremated to destroy evidence, says Soni Sori Tribal activist and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori has accused the Dantewada district police of killing a tribal farmer in Dantewada, calling him a Maoist, and burning his body to destroy evidence. Bhima Madavi, the farmer from Nilavay…
Tension in UP village over cow slaughter allegation, 21 held
10-Oct-2015
Mainpuri (UP), Oct 9, 2015, (PTI), Agencies: At least 21 people have been held in UP’s Mainpuri district for the violence that erupted yesterday following rumour of cow slaughter. Several shops and police vehicles were torched. People in Nagaria village set police jeeps on fire and damaged several other vehicles as they were agitated over…
Deshpande quits Akademi over Kalburgi killing
10-Oct-2015
Author Shashi Deshpande on Fri day resigned from the Sahitya Aka demi’s gen eral council to protest against its silence on the murder of Kannada writer and rationalist M M Kalburgi. “Today, I am deeply distressed by the silence of the Akademi on the murder of Professor Kalburgi…a noted scholar and a good and honest…
Dadri again? Mob targets 4 accused of killing cow in Agra
10-Oct-2015
Agra: Shops Gutted, Vehicles Burnt, Many Cops Hurt A riot-like situation broke out in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday after a Hindu mob chased, beat up and nearly lynched a group of Muslim men accused of killing and then skinning a cow. A contingent of the PAC had to be called in after mobs set…
Akhlaq’s family gets call to drop names from FIR
10-Oct-2015
Oct 10 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Bisada: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A mob of about a 100 people had attacked Mohammad Akhlaq’s house on the night of September 28. Of them, 10 have been named in the FIR. These 10, Akhlaq’s family could identify that night in the chaos, when, to make matters…
Katju in trouble over cow remark
09-Oct-2015
Chandigarh, Oct 09, 2015, DHNS: The Jalandhar police in Punjab is looking into the veracity of charges leveled by a local resident who has accused the former Supreme Court Judge and ex-chairman of the Press Council of India Justice Markendey Katju of “hurting religious sentiments.” The complaint against Katju relates to his recent comment on…